This Week in High School Sports: 12/4/24

By Jon Ross
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties

December 4, 2024

In this week's edition, we review this past weekend's 11-player football championship games and present Game Balls to high achievers in basketball and hockey as we close the fall season and turn our focus to winter sports. 

MI Student AidThe 5-minute program each week includes feature stories from MHSAA.com or network affiliates, along with "Be the Referee," a 60-second look at the fine art of officiating.

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Previous 2024-25 Editions

Nov. 27: 8-Player Football Finals review, 1975 Football Finals recollection - Listen
Nov. 20:
8-Player Football Finals history, Southwest 10 Conference Legacy officials - Listen
Nov. 13:
"Flashback 100" series, flashback to Escanaba's football championship - Listen
Nov. 6:
Boys Soccer Finals, Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals review - Listen
Oct. 30:
2024 Football Playoffs, Lower Peninsula Boys Tennis Finals review - Listen
Oct. 23:
Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Finals, Upper Peninsula Cross Country Finals reviews - Listen
Oct. 16:
MHSAA Football Playoffs primer, MHSAA/Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete Awards - Listen
Oct. 9:
National High School Hall of Fame, Upper Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals - Listen
Oct. 2:
MHSAA record book, 2024 Boys Soccer Tournament schedule - Listen
Sept. 25:
NFHS Network streaming, DeWitt's high-scoring football matchup - Listen
Sept. 18:
Cheboygan broadcaster Mike Grisdale, Michigan's national participation ranking - Listen
Sept. 11:
MHSAA baseball stars in MLB, 2024 Boys Soccer Tournament - Listen
Sept. 5:
Highlighting MHSAA record setters, 50th Football Playoffs - Listen
Aug. 28:
MHSAA Summer Olympians, "Century of School Sports" celebration - Listen

Today in the MHSAA: 2/27/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 27, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mio’s Mia McGregor set the MHSAA single-season scoring record during a win over Alcona – Bay City Times

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Charles defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 50-40 to claim the overall Mid-State Activities Conference title – Saginaw News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gaylord St. Mary finished its second-straight outright championship run in the Ski Valley Conference with a 51-30 win over Indian River Inland Lakes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cassopolis defeated Marcellus 51-28 to clinch a shared Southwest 10 Conference title with Centreville – Niles Daily Star

5. ICE HOCKEY Midland Dow clinched a Division 2 Regional title with a 7-3 win over Traverse City Central – Midland Daily News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mariah Turner broke Port Huron’s single-season scoring record during a 63-39 win over Croswell-Lexington – Port Huron Times Herald

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saline tied its regular-season record for wins moving to 19-3 with a 52-31 victory over Brighton – Saline Post

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western reached 500 program wins with a 54-31 victory over Flushing – Bay City Times

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Negaunee finished a regular-season sweep of Gladstone, 41-36 – My UP Now

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ava Johnson scored five of the most memorable points this season during Dundee’s win over Britton Deerfield – Monroe News